Shaft-hanger



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V. KNEOHT.

SHAFT HANGER.

- No. 312,866. Patented PebQ24, 1885.

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UNiTEn STATES PATENT rrice.

VICTOR KNECHT, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

SHAFT-HANGER SPECIFICAT IQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,866, dated February 24-, 1885.

Application filed December 3, H84. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VICTOR KNEcHT, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Shaft-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of shaft hangers in which the boxing for the shaft is vertically adjustable by means of set-screws passing through the l)tdGl6lJ-2tI'l1lS upon opposite sides of the arms; and it consists in certain novel features of coi'istruction ,by which I am enabled to produce a cheap and reliable hanger.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference-letters indicate like parts wherever they occur, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved hanger fitted up complete. Fi 2 is an enlarged central vertical section of the same taken through line or a: of Fig. 1.

The bracket A and shaft-boxing B are in general outline the same as those now in common use. The lower arm of the bracket A and the web of the bracket vertically above it are cored out in casting, so as to receive the plain cylindrical plug 0, which closely fits the enlarged bore, and the screw-bolts D, which. 'play freely in the diminished bores 01' the bracket. E are wrought-iron nuts, which are placed in the core alter the mold for easting the bracket is formed. NVhcn the hunger is cast, these nuts are firmly embedded within it. The screw-bolts D have also 'upon them jam-nuts F, which, when the boxing is adj nsted to the proper place, are tightened down to prevent the bolts D from unscrewing or becoming loose by the jar incident to the running of the machinery. The bracket upon each side is screw-lapped to receive set-screws G, which are firmly tightened against the plug C when the shalt has been properly lined. The bolt 1) and nuts E and F are the ordinary wroughtiron bolts and nuts, as are also the set-screws G.

It will thus be seen that there is no expense in fitting my shalthangcr ior use, except si1nply tapping to receive set-screws G.

The nut 1D is preferably square 0 r cctagoual. although this is not essential, as the cast metal shrinking upon it in cooling would firmly hold it and prevent it from turning.

While the set-screws G relieve the screwbolts D from strain, I do not regard them as absolutely essential. in my hanger, as the jamnut F, when firmly tightened down, would prevent the bolt D from turning ordinarily, and thus keep the shalt in line.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The bracket A, cast with the bores to re ceive plugs O and bolts D, and having nuts E cast with it, in combination with the box B, plugs C, and screw-bolts D, substantially as specified.

2. In a shaft-hanger, the combination, sub

stantially as specified, of bracket A, box B, plugs C, bolts D, nuts E and I and setscrews ti, cm'istri'icted and arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

VICTOR- ltI YECHT.

\Viiucsses:

ALEX. D. (/LINNY, GEO. J. Human. 

